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More than 750,000 Washington Sprint and Verizon consumers will be eligible for refunds for unauthorized charges on their cell phone bills. The restitution is part of a nationwide $158 million agreement that resolves charges that the companies placed unauthorized third-party service charges on subscribers’ telephone bills. Victims of this practice, called “cramming,” incur charges, usually […]
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Lead has been found in Bo-Ying Compound, an herbal product used to treat a wide variety of conditions in infants and children, according to an alert issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Eu Yan Sang in Hong Kong manufactures the compound. However, other companies also make it and their products also may contain […]
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The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, 41 states, and the District of Columbia entering into a settlement Monday with New Day Financial for violating rules for test takers. Rules for state-licensed mortgage loan originators require they complete eight hours of continuing education annually. An investigation found that new mortgage loan originators with the company […]
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Attorneys general of nine states are urging the U.S. Department of Education to relieve the debt burden of thousands of students who attended Corinthian Colleges. They’ve signed a letter calling on the department to relieve Corinthian students of their obligation to repay their federal student loans, as well as establish systems to help student borrowers […]
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A charity that raised $360,000 for a dog shelter, but failed to register with the Secretary of State or produce required records of how the donations were spent, violated state law. On Friday, a Clallam County Superior Court judge ruled that the Olympic Animal Sanctuary and its founder and executive director, Stephen Markwell, committed 48 […]
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